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Pair Of Trailers Here’s my driveway-built overland trailer and my Carson Trailer car hauler that gets used frequently by my family and friends. Daniel Via email Lifted Trailer I recently read your “Firing Order” column on towing and trailers. I’ve been towing for 30-plus years. Utility trailers, enclosed snowmobile trailers, car trailers with cars or my View the full article

Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney and Bubba Wallace have all cut ties with the company. In a series of tweets, the hemet designer was critical of NASCAR's decision to ban the Confederate flag, as well as other recent policy changes. A sample of their reaction is shown below: Wallace was one of the first to respond to the helmet designer's comments, saying he ...Keep reading View the full article

What’s best, a nearly stock 2018 Mahindra Roxor, a fairly stock 1948 Willys CJ-2a, or a fairly built 1987 Suzuki Samurai? Let the test begin—sort of. Truth is, in a perfect world all vehicular comparisons would follow as scientific of a pattern as possible. All of the vehicles being compared would have the same mileage View the full article

Daugherty, a retired NBA player and winning NASCAR Cup Series team owner, told the CNN anchor that NASCAR's decision surprised him. "It caught me off-guard totally," he admitted to Baldwin. "I actually had the opportunity to speak with Steve Phelps, President of NASCAR, and he told me what his thoughts were and what he was going to do and it did, it caught me off-guard. "It put me in a ...Keep reading View the full article

Wallace – the only African American in NASCAR’s top level – ran a #BlackLivesMatter scheme on his Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet at Martinsville on Wednesday night, the day that NASCAR announced it was banning the Confederate flag from its grounds during events. Wallace has vociferously campaigned against racial injustice – and called for a ban on the flag during an appearance on CNN ...Keep reading View the full article

Here’s another project recap of a vehicle I built back before social media existed and before our websites really stored and aggregated photo captions and images correctly. If you’ve got old print copies of Jp magazine from the 2004-2005ish time frame, you probably have some of these original stories, but as I’ve done with several View the full article

If you’ve never had a chance to rip, crawl, or haul around in a 4×4 truck or SUV on an off-road route, then you really need to get it on your automotive enthusiast bucket list. There’s a magic about it, the adventure of it, that you really need to experience. Ah, but what 4×4 to View the full article

Wallace, the only fulltime African American driver in the NASCAR Cup Series, was driving a No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet at Martinsville adorned with livery highlighting the “Black Lives Matter” movement. Earlier in the day, NASCAR announced it would prohibit the display of the Confederate flag at all NASCAR races and properties – something Wallace called for Monday night in ...Keep reading View the full article

Back in November 2019, Ram Trucks announced a line of special edition Ram 1500 pickups dedicated to the five branches of the United States Armed Forces. The Built to Serve Edition was launched on Veteran’s Day in conjunction with the company’s goal of providing a cumulative 1.3 million community volunteer hours from Ram Nation members View the full article

Earlier this week, Rally GB became the WRC's fifth casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving only five rallies left on this year's schedule (including two that were postponed) on top of the three that were already completed at the start of the year. With question marks surrounding some of the remaining events, notably flyaway events Rally Argentina and Rally Japan, it has put the championship ...Keep reading View the full article

The Dakar moved from South America to the Middle East last year, marking the start of the third chapter in the illustrious history of the rally-raid. Saudi Arabia had an exclusivity clause for the first year of the five-year deal, but the ASO had been working to add a second country for the 2021 race, with both Egypt and Jordan believed to have been considered to join their bordering Gulf ...Keep reading View the full article

Martin Truex Jr recovered from a pit-lane infringement penalty to dominate the NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville and score his first victory of the 2020 season View the full article

Full highlights from Wednesday night's Blue-Emu 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway View the full article

With Blaney and Keselowski trailing, MTJ held the lead in the final lap of the NASCAR Cup Series Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 in Martinsville, VA View the full article

Even with new aero rules and new tire combinations to master, Truex overcame an early commitment line violation penalty on pit road to dominate the final stage and cruise to victory in Wednesday night’s Blue Emu 500. The win is Truex’s first of the 2020 season, second consecutive at Martinsville and 27th of his career. With 50 of 500 laps remaining, Truex had built a 3-second lead ...Keep reading View the full article

Future Hall of Fame driver Jimmie Johnson is looking to qualify for the playoffs in his final season with a win at Martinsville. Johnson has the lead after stage 2. View the full article

Ironically, at the track where Bubba Wallace earned his first win, Martinsville, Wallace responds and applauds during a pre-race interview to the announcement that NASCAR has banned the Confederate flag at all NASCAR events and properties. View the full article

NASCAR has banned the display of the Confederate flag at all race tracks and properties, effective immediately, due to its racist symbolism View the full article

The flag was already banned from being displayed in any official capacity, but it remained prevalent in the infield at most race tracks. The sanctioning body has now gone a step further following comments from Bubba Wallace Monday on CNN with Don Lemon, where he said that there's no place for the flag in the sport anymore. NASCAR took a firm stance against racism last weekend at Atlanta ...Keep reading View the full article

Vehicle manufacturers do a really good job of balancing power, performance, comfort, fuel economy, and emissions. To say it’s a difficult balancing act would be quite the understatement. Oftentimes this leads to shifts that are comfortable but not quick, or less engine power output than can be reasonably achieved. There are a multitude of reasons View the full article

What time is the NASCAR race today? NASCAR is back midweek racing at Martinsville in the first night race there since the short track installed lights. Race: Blue Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 Start time: 7 p.m. EST. Location: Martinsville Speedway Kevin Harvick continues to lead the championship standings after his second win of the season ...Keep reading View the full article

Bubba Wallace will sport a "Black Lives Matter" paint scheme in Wednesday night's NASCAR Cup race at Martinsville Speedway in support of the campaign against racial injustice View the full article

The most recognized face in the world of winching just got better. Introduced in 1974 as next in the lineage for Warn upright winches after the Belleview/M6000 and 8200 series, the version of the Belleview winch M8274 packed all of the modern features we’ve come to enjoy from modern electric winches, all with a blazingly View the full article

“I’m excited to run a #BlackLivesMatter car for Martinsville, one of our best race tracks and my best race track for sure,” Wallace said in a video released by RPM. “This statement that we have here that we’re about to make on live television on Fox will speak volumes to what I stand for but also the initiative that NASCAR and the sport is trying to push.” The idea actually first ...Keep reading View the full article

In January, NASCAR announced some changes to its short track rules package for this season that included significantly smaller spoilers, splitters and other aero devices to reduce downforce. The rules are similar to the ones used in the 2017 and 2018 seasons. Wednesday night’s race at Martinsville will also see the introduction of new left and right-side tire combinations that were designed ...Keep reading View the full article